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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Football’s Quarrels and Feuds, Part Fifteen

In the Spring of 1979, Gerd Muller left Bayern Munich after a
dispute with Manager Pal Csernai.

As a parting shot, he declared that Stuttgart’s Helmut Roleder was
the best goalkeeper in the Bundesliga. This was a parting shot at teammate Sepp
Maier, who had sided with Csernai.

Photo
From: Fussball Magazin, February March 1978

(Gerd
Muller (on the left) and Sepp Maier (on the right))

Photo
From: Fussball Magazin, Issue 2, March April 1980

(Pal Csernai)

2- Hugo
Sanchez and Michel, 1989

During the 1989/90 season, it was revealed that Real Madrid
teammates Hugo Sanchez and Michel had not spoken to one another for over two
years.

Photo
From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 57, October 1993

(Hugo
Sanchez)

Photo
From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 14, March 1990

(Michel)

3- Moreno
Roggi and Mario Cecchi Gori, 1991

On June 14, 1991, Moreno Roggi quit his post as General Manager of
Fiorentina following a dispute with club President Mario Cecchi Gori.
Moreno Roggi had wanted to acquire defender Marco Baroni from Napoli and Cecchi
Gori had felt the £5
Million transfer fee was excessive.

Photo
From: 1974-75 Calciatori Panini

(Moreno
Roggi as a Fiorentina player)

Photo
From: 1988-89 Calciatori Panini

(Marco
Baroni as a Lecce player)

Photo From:
World Soccer, August 1992

(Brian Laudrup and
Fiorentina President Mario Cecchi Gori)

4- Brazil
and Chile, 1987 thru 1989

Footballing relations between Brazil and Chile had been strained
for some time in the late 80s. Brazil’s humiliation at the 1987 Copa America
(0-4 loss) had been followed with the ill-tempered 1989 World Cup qualifiers
that had resulted in the sending offs of Romario and Hisis in the first leg, as
well as the fake-injury/firecracker incident of Roberto Rojas that had led to
Chile’s suspension from the 1994 World Cup.

Two friendlies were arranged in 1990, one in Santiago on October
17th and the other at Belém on November 8th.

The
matches were looked upon as ‘diplomatic’ matches and both scoreless results
were satisfactory given the circumstances.

Photo From:
Placar, Issue 893, July 13, 1987

(Antonio
Careca, July 3, 1987, Copa America, Chile 4-Brazil 0)

Photo From:
Foot Magazine, October 1989

(Photos that
appeared at Brazil’s Placar Magazine, showing the trickery)

5- Pascal
Olmeta and Jean-Luc Sassus, December 1996

On December 20th, 1996, following Olympique Lyonnais’
match vs. Nantes at home (0-1 Lyon loss), Lyon goalkeeper Pascal Olmeta punched
his clubmate and friend Jean-Luc Sassus. It later emerged the source of tension
was a woman.

Apparently, Sassus forgave Olmeta, however, the Lyon Management
fired Olmeta for his action. He was shortly thereafter transferred to RCD
Espanyol.